Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens)
About the Variable Antshrike
The variable antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. The variable antshrike was described by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 and given its current binomial name Thamnophilus caerulescens. Major taxonomic systems assign these eight subspecies to the variable antshrike:
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 323 recordings for this species: 44 CC BY-NC-SA · 16 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Band-tailed AntshrikeThamnophilus melanothoraxrecording
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatusrecording
- Black-crowned AntshrikeThamnophilus atrinucharecording
- Castelnau's AntshrikeThamnophilus cryptoleucusrecording
- Cocha AntshrikeThamnophilus praecoxrecording
- Collared AntshrikeThamnophilus bernardirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.